what kind of system should I get?

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You may think this is nuts.
I have a tall TV type tower.
I'd like to install a camera at the top, that would feed pictures to my web
page.

I presently have a wireless router, the distance from router to the top of
the tower would be approx 55 feet.
But running a cable from the camera to the computer would be easy.

The camera would be outside in the weather (chicagoland nasty type weather)
and would turn as I turn the antenna.

Color would be nice, cheap would be nice (but I realize cheap is 'relative')

So what kind of camera, software do I need.

It would be fantastic if a person who looks at my web page could turn the
camera utilizing a pan/tilt type system. (I realize that would be more
expensive).

My home page will have Davis Weather Data, and show pictures from the
camera.


Please and thank you....

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You can't have everything...where would you put it?
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Bill H. in Chicagoland

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?)

Thank you.
I download the WebcamXP and with a OLD DLink DSB C300 am now on the web
at http://www.qsl.net/~w9ol/shack.html


I'll investigate better cameras as this one seems sharp enough, just
requires a LOT light. and Want something better for outside.

Open to suggestions.


"Si Ballenger" <shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> wrote in message
news:42615ae0.7969098@news.comporium.net...
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 13:00:30 -0500, "FireBrick"
> <w9ol.nospaml@comcast.com> wrote:
>
>>You may think this is nuts.
>>I have a tall TV type tower.
>>I'd like to install a camera at the top, that would feed pictures to my
>>web
>>page.
>>
>>I presently have a wireless router, the distance from router to the top of
>>the tower would be approx 55 feet.
>>But running a cable from the camera to the computer would be easy.
>>
>>The camera would be outside in the weather (chicagoland nasty type
>>weather)
>>and would turn as I turn the antenna.
>>
>>Color would be nice, cheap would be nice (but I realize cheap is
>>'relative')
>>
>>So what kind of camera, software do I need.
>>
>>It would be fantastic if a person who looks at my web page could turn the
>>camera utilizing a pan/tilt type system. (I realize that would be more
>>expensive).
>>
>>My home page will have Davis Weather Data, and show pictures from the
>>camera.
>
> Below is a link to how I've made a simple pan/tilt webcam setup
> using model airplane servos fairly inexpensivly. Bottom links are
> to the cheap harborfreight cams and other cam sources. Video from
> the harborfreight cams is ~ok, but they are cheap. Most analog
> cams can use cheap cat3 phone wire for hookup over some distance.
> If you can solder, then this type of stuff is fairly easy.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/ezservo.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/ezservo1.htm
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/c [...] mber=54645
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/c [...] mber=91851
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/c [...] mber=54644
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/c [...] mber=47546
>
> http://www.supercircuits.com/
> http://www.matco.com/
> http://www.cctvco.com/enter.html
> http://www.polarisusa.com/
> http://www.gtsecurity.com/
> http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=VID